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Prague, nicknamed the Golden City, is the capital of the Czech Republic and ancient Bohemia. Today, Prague looks like a fairytale village and is more beautiful than at any other time during its one-thousand-year history. The Jewish population of Prague today is approximately 5,000.
The history of the Jews in Prague, the capital of today's Czech Republic, relates to one of Europe's oldest recorded and most well-known Jewish communities (in Hebrew, Kehilla), first mentioned by the Sephardi-Jewish traveller Ibrahim ibn Yaqub in 965 CE.
Jan 8, 2012 · The historical Jewish quarter of Prague has long been a tourist attraction. Today, people come to connect with family roots or to get a glimpse of a Prague that has long been associated with mystery. What few probably realize is how much the quarter has changed. From Establishment to Demolition.
Jewish Prague. Prague is a city that wears its historical scars on its sleeves, but few parts of the city have seen as much tumult as Josefov. Perhaps better known as Prague’s Jewish Quarter, this little neighbourhood in Prague 1 has housed the city’s Jewish Community for centuries, a community believed to have had a presence in the city ...
Prague’s skyline of red roofs and towering spires can hide the fact that the city is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe. Dispersed by the Romans 2,000 years ago, Jews and their culture survived in enclaves throughout the Western world.
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Photo: Borya Galperin / Shutterstock. Josefov (Jewish Quarter) For centuries Prague had an active, vital Jewish community that was an exuberant part of the city’s culture. Much of that activity...
Sep 11, 2006 · The cemetery in Prague’s old Jewish quarter, with graves dating from the 15th century, is now part of the city’s Jewish Museum. Credit... Michal Cizek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
